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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11547
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14689
13 Actual Demand 11246
14 Aggregate Planning 12276
15 Air Cargo 10135
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6686
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34922
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15366
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19346
20 Assembly Line 22576
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23033
22 Average Speed of Answer 26599
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23218
24 Batch Production 38500
25 Bill Discounting 14597
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11290
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7188
28 Blanket Release 10067
29 Bonded Warehouse 10100
30 Booking Number 13865
31 Bottleneck 9575
32 Buffer Stock 59435
33 Build to Stock 13060
34 Bullwhip Effect 9715
35 Business Logistics 25828
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12609
37 Capacity Management 40727
38 Capacity Utilization 14159
39 Capital Intensive 8470
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8805
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12187
42 Certified Supplier 8997
43 Channel Effectiveness 8967
44 Co-Destiny 9338
45 Co-managed Inventory 12613
46 Co-Packers 11818
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6921
48 Computer-Based Training 7724
49 Consular Invoice 19870
50 Container Depot 10643
51 Container Freight Station 10307
52 Continuous Replenishment 19617
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12125
54 Contract Carrier 7343
55 Contract of Affreightment 11452
56 Control Charts 7992
57 Cost Flow 10316
58 Courier Service 15293
59 CPFR 8264
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11843
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44268
62 Date Code 18311
63 Days of Supply 19896
64 Dead on Arrival 9379
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7345
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8154
67 Detective Control 8945
68 Devanning 14254
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11008
70 Dispatching 24607
71 Distributed Inventory 8394
72 Distribution Channel Management 34880
73 Distribution Metrics 9186
74 Distribution Planning 24252
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15282
76 Double Marginalization 52837
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22445
78 Dual 5470
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20664
80 Echelon Inventory 26258
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38315
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49868
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7653
84 Efficient Frontier 25568
85 Engineer-to-Order 31829
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16609
87 Erlang B Formula 9387
88 ETD 8364
89 Ex Works 7864
90 Exception Rate 13545
91 Exponential smoothing 9859
92 External Growth 10125
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9558
94 Field Services 7768
95 Field Warehouse 10627
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8836
97 Fishbone Diagram 14657
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27136
99 Flow Through Distribution 12359
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8219
101 FOB Destination 13098
102 Forward buying 30258
103 Freight Charge 10445
104 Freight Consolidation 7568
105 Gantt Chart 8324
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11783
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29649
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12736
109 Hub 23500
110 Idle Time 8105
 
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